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With the first white shark sightings of the year already pinging as close to Martha’s Vineyard as Provincetown on May 20th and off Chatham on June 2nd, marine researchers are encouraging swimmers and boaters to be aware of their surroundings and to report shark sightings, and suspected sightings.  With the Vineyard being a pitstop for […]

Following up on my scintillating Jan. 26 My Turn, “A Take on Greenfield’s Tax Rate,” let’s examine a split tax rate for Greenfield.Again, the 2022 rate-setting process: Greenfield approved a budget (about $67 million), then the assessors calculated...

3:48      The Massachusetts legislature is being asked to act with uncharacteristic speed to authorize constructing a new Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke.       The Secretary of the Massachusetts Department of Veteran Services, Cheryl Poppe, testifying at a virtual legislative hearing Tuesday, said passage of a $400 million bond bill is the first step needed to build a replacement for the 70-year old long-term care facility for veterans in western Massachusetts.     "It is Holyokes tim...